 And they were enemies; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been heap'da mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes, and their feeble breath Blew...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Pagina 578geredigeerd door - 1816Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1841 - 286 pagina’s
...cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died The crowd was famished by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, When» had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage; they raked up% And shivering scraped,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pagina’s
...And they were enemies'. They met beside The dying embers of an altar-place', Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage': they raked up', And', shivering', seraped with their cold skeleton hands The feeble ashes', and their feeble breath Blew for a little... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pagina’s
...And they were enemies ; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked...shivering, scraped, with their cold, skeleton hands, 35 The feeble ashes ; and their feeble breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame, Which was a... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pagina’s
...perpetual moan, And a quick, desolate cry, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress,—he died. 30 And they were enemies; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And, shivering, scraped, with their... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pagina’s
...caress, — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees; but two Of an enormous city did survive, 30 And they were enemies ; they met beside The dying embers of an altar-phice, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pagina’s
...licking the hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degress : but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...beside The dying embers— of an altar-place. Where haJ been heaped a mass of holy things. For an unholy usage ; they raked up, [hands, And, shivering,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 398 pagina’s
...up, [hands, And, shivering, scraped, with their cold, skeleton The fee- le ashes, and thnir leehle breath Blew for a little life, and made a flame, Which was a mockery ; then they lifted Their eyes as ii grew lighter, and beheld Each other'* aspects; saw, and shriek'd, and died, Even of... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pagina’s
...with a caress— he died. The crowd was famished by degress ; but two Of an enormous city did survire, And they were enemies ; they met beside The dying embers — of an altar-place, Where had been heaped a mass of holy things, For an unholy usage ; they raked up, [hands, And, shivering, scraped,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pagina’s
...ту, licking the hand Which answered not with a caress— he died. The crowd was famished by degress ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they were enemies ; they met beside Tile dying embers — of an altar-place, Where ha J been heaped a mass of holy things, For an unholy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pagina’s
...licking Uie hand Which answered not with a caress — he died. The crowd was famished by degrees ; but two Of an enormous city did survive, And they...The dying embers of an altar-place Where had been heaped n mass of holy tilings For an unholy usage ; they raked up, And shivering scraped with their... | |
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